San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico Church Book Indexes

History San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico

San Lorenzo was founded in 1737 under the name San Miguel de Hato Grande by Valeriano Muñoz de Oneca. He was from Seville, Spain. The original settlers of the then-village were the Muñoz de Oneca, López de Alicea, and Sánchez de Cos families.

The exact date is not sure, as the parochial archives at some point had a fire, and the records no longer exist. Therefore, no copies were available. However, Coll y Toste believes it was in 1811. Other investigators, such as Generoso Muńoz Morales, indicate that it was between March of 1813 and April of 1814.

Gregorio Muńoz de Oneca donated forty acres of land. In the XVIII century, the San Miguel de Hato Grande ranch was part of the original Hato Grande de los Delgado ranch, an enormous extension of land granted by royal decree to a family. It was part of a ward with an extensive valley that had as headquarters Caguas.

In 1737, a hermitage appears in the parish of Caguas under the teachings of San Miguel. The church appeared in 1812. In 1811 or 1813, its officially given the name of San Lorenzo. According to history, a saint appears in the fertile valley of the river.

The Town of the Samaritans

San Lorenzo, “The Town of the Samaritans.” During the 1920s, in the Hato de San Lorenzo ward, according to journalistic versions of the time and verbal testimonies of people who lived then: multitudes would go to a place in the mountains where a young 12-year-old girl lived.

According to versions, this young girl named Julia Vázquez Torres had supernatural powers that repeatedly provided health to needy people. Only homemade remedies with medicinal plants, minerals, and the pure waters of a nearby well are available during these undeniable feats. This is where the young girl cared for the people. With time, the young girl became an adult, but her reputation as upright and dedicated to doing good accompanied her daily “.

Barrios

• Cayaguas
• Cerro Gordo
• Espino
• Florida
• Hato
• Jagual
• Quebrada
• Quebrada Arenas
• Quebrada Honda
• Quemados
• San Lorenzo barrio-pueblo

San Lorenzo Break down of Church Books

Salli M. was generous enough to share her Church Index Break down with me. A big thank you to Salli. Please thank her in the comments.

URL TO THE RECORDS

SAN LORENZO

Baptisms Books 1 to 22. 1811 to 1929.

Book	Years	Race	Image	Index	Notes
1	Nov 1811 – Sept 1816	Pardos	524,  7		Transcribed
1	Dec 1812 – Jun 1828	Whites	1829,  2121		Transcribed
2	1817–1822	Pardos			Missing
2	1828–1842	Whites			Missing
3	May 1823 – Nov 1830	Pardos	711,  195		Transcribed
3	Oct 1842 – Jul 1852	Whites 1842–1849, All-1849–1852	663		Transcribed
4	1831–1849	Pardos			Missing
4	Jul 1852 – May 1865	All Classes	931,  420		Transcribed
5	May 1856 – Jun 1861		664		Transcribed
6	1861–1863				Missing
7	Aug 1863 – Jul 1865		1480,  915
8	Jul 1865 – May 1867		1177,  1227
9	May 1867 – Dec 1868		1790,  1531
10	Jan 1869 – Sep 1870		2101,  1843
10		Continuation of the above book.	4
11	Sep 1870 – Oct 1871		150,  4	430,  281
12	Oct 1871 – Dec 1872		460,  311	736,  587
13	Jan 1873 – Apr 1874		769,  619	1043,  895
14	Apr 1874 – Sep 1875		1077,  928
15	Sep 1875 – Oct 1877		1391,  1239	1698,  1546	This index covers two months of B–F only.
16	Oct 1877 – Feb 1881		1707
17	Feb 1881 – Jul 1884		2018
18	Jul 1884 – Dec 1887		5
19	Dec 1887 – Apr 1891		315	622
20	Apr 1891 – Jun 1894		651		The index was not filmed or was blank.
21	Jun 1894 – Apr 1897		959
22	Apr 1897 – May 1901		1283	1591

Baptisms Books 23 to 34. From 1901 to 1931.

23	May 1901 – Dec 1905		1624
24	Jan 1906 – May 1908		1944
25	May 1908 – Aug 1911		4,  2192
25		Continuation of the above book.	4,  93
26	Dec 1913 – Oct 1914		268		Original
26	Aug 1911 – Dec 1913		182		Part 1 of the newer copy.
26A	Oct 1914 – Oct 1917		440		Part 2 of the newer copy.
27	Jun 1923 – Oct 1925		268
28	Nov 1917 – Jul 1920		892
29	Jul 1920 – Jun 1923		1256
30	Oct 1925 – Mar1927		1638	1620
31	Dec1929 – May 1931		1999
32	Apr 1927 – Jun 1928		2206
32		Continuation of the above book.	4
33	Jun 1928 – Dec 1929		67
34	Dec 1929 – May 1931		287

Marriage Books 1 to 9. 1812 to 1927.

Book	Years	Image	Index	Notes
1	1812–1817	627,  114	Transcribed
2	1817–1829	164,  1704	Transcribed
3	1829–1844			Missing
4	1845–1864	1210	Transcribed	The ink has damaged much of this book.
5	1864–1871	901	1182
6	1871–1886	1515	Transcribed	Covers the years from 1971 to 1911.
7	1886–1911	1828	2132	This index covers 1905–1911 only.
8	1911–1921	501,  1552
9	1921–1927	2152

San Lorenzo Burials Books 1 to 10. 1812 to 1901.        

Book	Years	Image	Index	Notes
1	1812–1816	678,  164		Transcribed
2	1816–1829	1297,  5		Transcribed
3–4	1829–1856			Missing
5	1856–1867	1398,  1737		Transcribed
6	1867–1871	160	437,  1700
7	1871–1876	417
8	1876–1884	775
9	1884–1891			Missing
10	1891–1901	294,  1082		The index was not filmed or was blank.

Confirmation 1913 to 1918.

1913–1918

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On wealth of the municipal district of Hato Grande 1884.

(Hato Grande)

1884

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